January 14, 2011, 4:53PM

Also, state investigates baby born in Fulton parking lot after being turned away from urgent care center, and plan to create job for Owasco highway employee who lost commercial driver's license draws opposition. Full story »

January 13, 2011, 10:47PM

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner is friends with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot Saturday in Tucson, Ariz. Post-Standard columnist Sean Kirst talks with her about their friendship and the impact negative political rhetoric has had on the country, the city and herself.

January 11, 2011, 10:08PM

In the wake of a shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and injured 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Long Island Republican Rep. Peter King said Tuesday he plans to introduce tough new gun safety legislation in Congress. King, speaking at a New York City meeting on keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, said his... Full story »

January 11, 2011, 4:56PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Long Island Republican Rep. Peter King says he plans to introduce tough new gun safety legislation in Congress. King said his bill would make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within a thousand feet of “certain high-profile” government officials. King appeared at a Manhattan event Tuesday with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other officials from New... Full story »

January 10, 2011, 6:50PM

WASHINGTON — In an earlier time, the emerging portrait of a deeply troubled young man might have given Jared Loughner’s lawyers the basis of an insanity defense. But John Hinckley’s successful insanity claim after shooting President Ronald Reagan led Congress to raise the bar, making the task harder. The Justice Department has not said whether it will seek the... Full story »